The truth be told, I really do have a lot of good stuff going for me as a candidate:

1-- I spend a lot of time in the trenches finding out what you people think & want.
( some of you scare me. )

2-- I'm not a religious zealot.
( not an atheist, either. I won't be making embarrassing comments in public )

3-- My open door policy extends to all of you, virtually, online, right here on AL.com.
( I'll be here every day to tell you stuff and listen to YOU )

4-- I'm a pragmatist. Ideals and party maxims are all fine and dandy, but useless and crippling when they defy common sense.
( I'm not a sellout, but I'm not an idiot, either. Bentley's "no raised taxes" is killing us )

5-- I'm a hands-on sort of guy. You won't see me sitting around waiting to see if some legislator comes to visit; instead I will be walking the chamber and visiting THEM.

6-- I'm smart enough to know what I don't know and listen to those who know it better.
( I'm a genius, sure, but who can know everything? Collectively, YOU guys know almost everything, and I'll appreciate your advice. )

7-- "Kislath" is a cartoon character. I'm not at all like him. A very few of you already knew that.
( You hate me, and you're supposed to. It's a Machiavellian thing. I'm actually a guy you'd probably like )

8-- I am a moderate. I don't support or condemn any idea just because one party owns it.
( Not a lame, wishy-washy doofus, though; you can't please everybody, and will only fail if you try. )

9-- I don't do the wrong thing just for the sake of doing SOME thing.
( "The King of Compromise" is NOT something they'll ever call me, but I'm not a pigheaded stonewaller, either. I just won't be led to do something wrong and stupid just because it's too much hassle to do the right thing. Instead, I tend to lead others toward a suitable solution. )

10- I don't plan on just holding down the fort. I have real plans for making many major improvements all over Alabama, on every facet. Unlike Bentley, I'll need to get paid, but I'll earn every penny. As you'll later learn, my job creation plan is perhaps the boldest ever seen, and that's just one thing of many on my list of things to do.

Don't discount me just because I'm me, because I'm not me. You'll see.

I'm disgusted with them too. How can we fight against Obamacare after they pull a stunt like that?
LOL!

More seriously, would you guys be willing to pay one dollar a week out of your paychecks to put into a big storm damage fund? That could turn into a lot of money in the months between storms. It couldn't replace insurance, but it could supplement it, letting:
A-- everyone have some sort of coverage
B-- the insurance companies maybe giving us a break on premiums.

Hmmm... I'll probably be a one-termer, so your plans for 2018 aren't really all that bad.

Yes, that's right; I'll only be a one-termer. I won't be focused on trying to get re-elected. I'll instead be focused on doing what needs doing to really fix things. That will likely make me fairly unpopular, but so be it. Politicians constantly scrambling for votes and photo-ops instead of getting the job done is a huge part of why things are so messed up in the first place.

Besides, if I can't do what needs doing all in one term, then I'd hardly deserve another one. If the people somehow actually wind up wishing me to remain Governor, then I might consider it, but really, I have bigger plans.

They still use these??
The Osprey has such a terrible safety record that they were considering ending their use. I thought they actually did stop using the flying deathtraps, I guess they didn't. Maybe this incident will be the one to finally change their minds.

I'm hoping that no one decides to waste a nuke on my little bitty town, which means 6 feet down is plenty. It won't protect against a blast of course, but the real problem is with the dust, and you really only need 3 feet to be pretty well protected against that.
Large city dwellers are, of course, toast.

This particular case doesn't especially inspire cynicism. It's reading about the goings-on in Huntsville, Killingham and Mobile every day that does it.
MsLadyClass was making a comment about the high rate of violence in Huntsville, and how this event being an accident doesn't fit the usual mold for that city's more unfortunate events.
Cynical? Absolutely. Unwarranted, unexpected cynicism? Not so much. The glass really is half-empty.